Medical Experts are used in an array of ways for personal injury cases.  If you were to Google medical expert, you will find hundreds, if not thousands of websites selling the services of medical experts.  The primary focus of these individuals is to address causality, mechanism of injuries, extent of damages, prognosis, degree of disability and potential for recovery.

Specifically these services involve and array of experts from board certified physicians to legal nurse consultants.   Each type of expert brings to the table an assortment of medical specialty and litigation process experience.   

-          Common services offered by medical experts include:

-          Independent Medical Evaluations (IME) provides impartial opinions are rendered to help determine cash, medical, and/or rehabilitation benefits for claim’s cases.  The issues in most independent medical evaluations are: diagnosis, causal relationship, prognosis, maximum medical improvement, % impairment rating, work capability, appropriateness of care, and recommendations with possible functional capacity assessments

-          Legal deposition & live testimony for use in court or serve as expert witnesses.

-          Chart review with a critical eye primarily used to organize, review, and summarize the essential records.

-          Legal Nurse Consulting (LNC) review the medical and non-medical issues of the case including: timing of the IME, appropriate physician selection, and pertinent medical records needed for a thorough, balanced and value added report. The legal nurse consulting can also educate on medical options and make sure that all elements of the IME report are appropriately addressed.

All successful plaintiff attorneys work with medical experts and/or legal nurse consultants.  However, autoaccident.com has taken it a step further.  They hired an on-staff, expert doctor to make sure the “firm’s clients receive a thorough review of their medical history. This thwarts a common insurance practice of distorting a victim’s past medical history in an effort to deny fair compensation.”

CMG similarly uses a team of legal nurses and physicians to help in the underwriting process for plaintiff fundings for medical malpractice cases.  These experts provide us with an in-depth understanding of the case and the plaintiff’s injuries.  This information gives us the confidence to fund with confidence.  WE have used experts for over 6 years for medical malpractice, personal injury, product liability and employment cases. 

If you have a failure to diagnose, wrongful diagnosis, auto accident or product liability case where a medical expert required, call CMG at 1.800.CMG.CASH or apply online.

The information provided on this page is not legal advice and should not be taken as such.